Airship.



F. W. GOYETTE.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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AIRSHIP.

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FREDERICK W. GOYETTE, GF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA;

AIB/SHIP.

Patented Got. 22, 1912.

Application led March 9, 1911. Serial No. 613,222.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W.' GOYETTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, inthe county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Airships, of which the following is a speciication. s

This invention relates to improvements in air ships.

One object of the invention is to provide an air ship so constructed as to operate on the principle of a parachute, rendering it impossible for the machine to tip over in any direction in mid-air, and thereby insuring the safety of the operator.'

A further object is to provide improved means whereby the air ship can rise and descend with great safety.

A further ob'ect is to improve the mechanism for steering the air ship, and especially for so steering it while the motor is not in operation.

A further object is to provide an air ship, which, when on water, can be used as a boat, l

and, when on land', can be operated as an automobile, and particularly to provide one in which, for this object, the wings may be collapsed, so that the size Cof the machine can, when desired, be great-ly reduced.4

A further object is to provide lan im-4 proved arrangement of propellers whereby the machine can be propelled in any direction desired, and 4a proved arrangement of` said propellers whereby lthe propulsion may be more eiil, -construction and mode of` operation of said cient than heretofore.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side view lof the air ship; Fig.` v2 is ay plan view thereof; Fig. 3 1s a vertical secy tion on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the tween the upper ends of the recesses and so to provide an imstems at their lower ends are connected to forks 12, and in the lower ends of the members of each fork is supported a shaft 13 carrying a wheel 14.` The inner fork-members of the front wheels are connected to extensions 15, which are connected to a link 16, which, in turn, is connected to a crank arm 17 on a vertical shaft 20, which is supported in a lsuitable water-tight bearing 21 on the hull, said shaft being connected with a steering wheel 22. In this way the machine, when traveling on dry land, can be steered in any direction.

The engine shaft passes through bearings 22 and has thereon a propeller 23 for propelling the machine when used as a boat. Upon the rear end of said shaft is secured a bevel gear 25 which meshes with a bevel gear 26 on a vertical shaft 27 having-at -its upper end a bevel gear 28 which meshes with a bevel gear 29 cna-horizontal longitudinal shaft 30, which has a bevel gear 31 meshing with a bevel gear 32 on a vertical shaft 33, which carries at its upper end a lifting propeller 34. The vertical shaft 27 is provided with a bevel gear 35, which meshes with a vertical bevel gear 36, on a short horizontal shaft 37 which carries at its rear end a bevel gear 38, meshing with a bevel gear 39, on a vertical shaft 40, the upper end of which shaft 40 carries a bevel gear 41, meshing with a bevel gear 42, on a horizontal shaft in a rear frame 43. The

rear frame, 43 is precisely like that of a front frame 44, and the description ofthe latter will apply also to the former. I will therefore now describe the front frame and the parts immediately connected therewith.

The engine shaft is connected by a universal joint 47 with -a shaft 48, connected by a universal joint 49 with a shaft 50, having a bevel gear 51 meshing with a bevel gear 52 on a vertical shaft 53, the upperend of which carries a bevel gear 54, which meshes with a bevel gear. 55 on a horizontal shaft 56 in said front frame 44. Said horizontal y shaft 56 carries a bevel gear 57, which meshes with a bevel gear 58- on a vertical shaft 59 which carries at its upper end al bevel gear 60, meshing with a bevel gear 61 on a horizontal'shaft 62, which carries bevel vgears 63, 64, meshing with bevel gears 65,

rying at its lower end a bevel gear 73 meshing with a bevel gear 74 on a horizontal shaft 75 carrying at its other end a bevel gear 76 which meshes with a bevel gear 7 7 on'a vertical shaft '78.carrying at its upper end a bevel gearl 7 9 which meshes with a bevel gear 80 upon a tubular shaft 81 which is turned by hand and controlled by a hand wheel 82. To said tube is also connected, as shown at 83, a tube 84 extending rearwardly and which operates a preciselysimilar mechanism of the frame 43 at the rear end of the ship. Hence, by turning said hand wheel 82, both the propellers of each frame can be turned to operate in any direction desired. The shafts 56 and 75 at each end form hinges or pivots upon which said frames 43, 44, can rock bodily from an upright to a lowered position and conversely.

The following is the object of this arrangement. The air ship is provided, in

addition to the main central aeroplane 87,.

with side planes 88, which are pivoted at their inner edges, as shown at 89, and are braced by braces 90, which are pivoted to rods 83 secured at their ends to collars 91 slidable vertically on posts 92. When the propellers 67, 68, are set in motion their motive power causes said frames 43 and.

44 to rock upward from their lower position to an elevated position, as shownl in Fig. 3. In doing so, pins 93, extending laterally from said frames, and engaging the rods 83, automatically raise'said planes to'l l their elevated position. They may be further raised lby the operator by means of cords 101 and when so raised may be secured in any suitable manner. The object of this arrangement whereby said side-planes are not moved into their.upper position until automatically so raised by the rise 'of the frames due to the propellers, is as folthe force tending to maintain it in an up# lows z-If said planes were so extended horil, zontally before the ship was clear of thewaves, it might happen that, by the sudden impact of a wave, the ship would be tiltedl many degrees to one side, and the side aeroplanes would be immersed in the water. By maintaining said side aeroplanes in a vertical position until the shipkhas a velocity sufficient to lift it from the water,

when the ship rises from the water, the

planes open in the` proper time and the shipthen takes a rapid upward Hight. I also provideadditional planes 94, 95, on the sides of the ship which perform the funcscending to the ground. These planes are suitably pivoted, asvshown at 96, and are braced against upward movement by. braces 97, connected to collars l 98, 99, the ,upper collars 98 being attached to tubes 100,which in turn are attached to cords 101 which pass around pulleys 102 and extend to any vsuitable part of the airship, from which they can be manipulated. The lower collars 99 are connected .to the upper collars 98. Said lower planes 94, 95, when collapsed form a protection for the sides of the ship, both when used in water and when used as an automobile. It is understood, of course, that the machine is primarily intended as an air ship and is used asa water ship or as an automobile only in cases of emer- Aso gency. Both the front and rear frames gear 57 which meshes with ra bevel gear 112 on a horizontal shaft 113 the front end` of which carries. ax bevel gear 114 which meshes with a bevel gear 115 on a vertical shaft 116 passing through bearings 117 in a frame 118, which vertical shaft 116 has a bevel gear 119, which meshes with two bevel gears 120, 121, on shafts 1.22, 123, ,in line with one another'in said frame, the front shaft 122 carrying a propeller r124, and the rear shaft 123 carrying a rear oppositely rotating propeller 125. The obect \of providing these oppositely rotating propellers is that the front propeller may 'de-.

fleet the air and causes it to flow in a direction very advantageous for obtaining power therefrom kby means of the rear propeller, and also for the purpose of maintaining equilibrium between the two turning movements produced thereby at the front end of the ship, and to reduce the rotary effecty upon the ship which is produced by one propeller. To said frame is secured a bevel gear 130 which meshes with a bevel pinion 131 on a steering shaft 132 which extends the length of the ship, being secured to a steering wheel 133. Said steering shaft has at its rear end a bevel gear 134 which meshes with a bevel gear 135 on a vertical vshaft 136 having upper andlower bearings 137, 138, supported by extensions from the frame of the ship. To said shaft 136 is secured a steering rudder 140 for steering the air ship in any desired direction laterally. On turning the steering wheel 133 the shaft 132 is turned so that the bevel gears 131 and 134 at the respective ends of the ship turn r the bevel gears 130 and 135 so that the propeller frame at the fiont of the ship isinclined to one side of the longitudinal vertical plane of the ship and the rudder 140 is inclined tothe other side thereof, so that they coperate in steering the ship. To the lower end of said vertical shaft 136 is secured a gear wheel141 whichmeshes with a segment gear 142 connected to a rudder k143 for steering the machine when used as cured to a worm wheel 154y operated by a worm 156 upon the tubular shaft 81. Said cords may also be attached t'o the shaft upon which the frames swing, so that said aeroplanes can also be turned at the same time with said frames.

The hull is made with water-tight and air-tight compartments. As such watertight compartments are common in marine vessels, their illustration is not here needed. These compartments may be filled with hydrogen or other light gas if desired, since the weight "of the engine will still be sufficient to counteract the buoyant eEect of said compartments.

I claim 1. The combination with the frame of an air ship of a vertical rod, a tube slidable thereon, a collar connected to the lower end of said tube, a brace depending from said collar, ran aeroplane to which the lower end of the brace is connected, a second collar slidable upon the rod connected to the inner edge of the aeroplane, a brace depending from said second collar, a second aeroplane connected to the lower end of said brace, the inner edge of said latter aeroplane haviiilg pivotal connection with the frame of the s 1p. Y. e

2. The combination withl the frame of an air ship of a vertical rod, a tube slidable connected to the lower end of said brace` the inner edge of said latter aeroplane having pivotal connection with the frame of the ship, a collar secured to the upper end of the tube, a brace the inner end of which is pivoted to said collar, an aeroplane the inner edge of which is pivotally connectedV to said rod, the upper end of said latter brace being pivotally connected to said latter aeroplane.

3. In an air-ship, the combination of a vertical rod, a tube slidable thereon, collars attached to the ends of said tube, an aeroplane the inner edge of which is pivotally connected to said lrod, anl oblique vbrace connected to said aeroplane and to the upper collar, a rcollar slidable upon the rod below said tube, yan aeroplane the inner edge of which is connected to said latter collar, a brace connected to said latter aeroplane and to the'lower collar on the tube, an aeroplane the inner edge of which has pivoted connections with the rod, a brace connected with said latter aeroplane and the lowermost collar, and a cord connecting said latter collar with the lower-most collar on the tube.

4. In an air ship, the 4rcombination of a vertically extending propeller frame, a shaft extending vertically through said frame, horizontal propeller shafts mounted in opposite sides of the propeller frame, means whereby said propeller shafts are operatively connected to said first-named shaft to be rotated thereby in opposite direction, propellers on said propeller shafts, means for rotating said first-named shaft, and means for rotating said propeller frame about a vertical axis.

5. In an air ship, the combination of a propeller frame at an end of the ship, a horizontal propeller shaft mounted therein, a propeller on said shaft, a vertical shaft extending through said propeller frame and operatively connected-with said horizontal propeller shaft, means for rotating said vertical shaft, a rudder at the other end of the frame, a Vertical shaft upon which said rudder4 is mounted, a shaft extending the full length of the ship, means for turning said shaft, and operative connections between the ends of said shaft and the propeller frame at one end of the ship, and the rudder shaft y at the other end of the ship, whereby, by rotation of said shaft, said propeller frame and rudder shaft are rotated in opposite directions. w

6. In an air ship, the combination of a transversely extending propeller frame, a

horizontal shaft mounted in said frame, propeller shafts mounted in said frame at right angles to said horizontal shaft and operativelyl connected thereto, means at, one end of the frame for rotating said horizontal shaft andmcans at the other end of the frame for rotating 'the frame about a cen-^l tral horizontal axis.

7. In an air-ship, the `combination of a transversely extending propeller frame, transversely extending horizontal pivots adjacent tothe deck of the ship, supports connected at one end to the ends of said frame and atv the other end pivotally connected to said pivots 1 whereby said transversely extending frame may be swung upon said pivots as an axis, ahorizontal shaft mounted in said propeller frame, propeller shafts mounted in said frame at right angles to said horizontal shaft, and operatively conneoted thereto, propellers thereon; and opset my hand in the presence of two subscribeative ocnnections whereby by the rotation ing Witnesses. o one o said pivots the ro eller frame may be rotated about its agis 5nd by rota- FREDERICK W' GOYETTE' 5 tion of the other pivot the horizontal shaft Witnesses:

and the propeller shafts may be rotated. FRANCIS M. WRIGHT,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto D. B. RICHARDS. 

